Posted 10/15/09
CALL FOR PAPERS
NETSPAR PENSION WORKSHOP
January 27-29, 2010
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This workshop is organized by Netspar, the Network for
Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement. The network was
initiated by Dutch universities with expertise in this
field as well as by Dutch insurance companies, pension
funds, public sector organization and the Dutch government.
By now many international researchers have joined the
network. For more detailed information about Netspar's
research programme, please visit the website:
http://www.netspar.nl
The workshop starts with a training day (Wednesday 27), the
second and third days will be in the form of an academic
conference with contributed papers. Mike Orszag (Watson
Wyatt Partners) and Laurence Kotlikoff (Boston University)
are the two keynote speakers at this workshop.
TOPICS:
For the academic conference day, we invite contributed
papers from all fields of pension economics. Topics of
interest are, among others:
- Macroeconomic aspects of ageing and retirement
- Investment and savings decisions for retirement
- Institutional aspects and investment decisions of pension
funds and financial institutions
- Ageing and health
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Researchers interested in participating, either to present
or to discuss a paper, are requested to submit an abstract
or a complete paper to:
Email: MAILTO:info@netspar.nl
before November 1, 2009.
Young researchers (postdocs and PhD students) are
particularly invited to present their work. Netspar has
made funding available that covers accommodation and travel
expenses (economy based) for all speakers and discussants.
Participants are encouraged to stay for the full three days
of the workshop.
THE ORGANIZERS:
Ben J. Heijdra, Monika Butler, Marno Verbeek